Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Fatah's military wing, denied involvement in Friday's terror attack in Itamar. After the "Imad Mughniyeh" cell assumed responsibility for the attack on Saturday, the organization released a statement saying that killing children is not part of their ideological views.

The organization explained the late denial, saying it had to check with all of its activists in the West Bank to determine in certainty that non of them perpetrated the attack. (Elior Levy)